Historical Events In 1775

Jan 08   John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68   

Jan 10   Andre-Marie Ampere, French physicist is born   

Jan 10   Jemeljan Pugatshov, Russian kosak leader/"czar Peter III", dies.   

Jan 11   Francis Salvador is recorded as becoming 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC).   

Jan 11   Francis Salvador is recorded as becoming inaugural Jew elected to office in America (SC).   

Jan 11   Yemelyan Pugachov, Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia.   

Jan 15   Giovanni Battista Sammartini, composer, dies.   

Jan 17   9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Pol.   

Jan 17   9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Poland   

Jan 21   Manuel Garcia, composer   

Jan 22   Marshal Oscar von Lubomirski expels Jews from Warsaw Poland   

Jan 25   Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx).   

Jan 27   Friedrich von Schelling, Germany, philosopher (Views on Christianity)   

Jan 28   Peter the Great, Russia   

Jan 30   Walter Savage Landor, Warwick, critic/writer (Imaginary Conversation).   

Feb 01   Peasants in Bohemia revolt against servitude.   

Feb 05   Margaretha J de Neufville, author (Small Pligten)   

Feb 08   Leidse U 400th anniversary dinner.   

Feb 08   Leidse University 400th anniversary dinner   

Feb 09   English Parliament declares Mass colony is in rebellion.   

Feb 09   English Parliament declares Massachusetts colony is in rebellion   

Feb 09   Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungary, mathematician (parallel axiom).   

Feb 10   Charles Lamb, London England, critic/poet/essayist   

Feb 12   Louise Catherine Johnson Adams, 1st lady (1825-1829).   

Feb 15   Angelo Braschi chosen as Pope Pius VI.   

Feb 18   Thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist.   

Feb 22   1st US joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at 10 cents   

Feb 22   Jews expelled from outskirts of Warsaw Poland.   

Mar 06   1st Negro Mason in US initiated, Boston   

Mar 06   The inaugural Negro Mason in US initiated, Boston   

Mar 07   Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria.   

Mar 19   4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy)   

Mar 19   Poland and Prussia sign trade agreement   

Mar 22   Edmund Burke presents his 13 articles to the English parliament.   

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Jan 20   André-Marie Ampère, French physicist (d. 1836) was born in the year 1775.   

Jan 21   In the year 1775 birth of manuel Garcia, composer   

Jan 27   Friedrich von Schelling, Germany, philosopher (Views on Christianity) was born in the year 1775.   

Jan 27   In the year 1775 birth of manuel del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez Garcia, Spanish tenor/composer   

Jan 28   On this day in history birth of peter the Great, Russia   

Jan 30   On this day in history birth of walter Savage Landor, Warwick, critic/writer (Imaginary Conversation)   

Feb 05   In the year 1775 birth of margaretha J de Neufville, author (Small Pligten)   

Feb 09   In the year 1775 birth of farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungary, mathematician (parallel axiom)   

Jan 08   On this day in history john Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68   

Jan 10   Jemeljan Pugatshov, Russian kosak leader/"czar Peter III", dies on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Yemelyan Pugachov, Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia died on this day in history.   

Jan 15   In the year 1775 giovanni Battista Sammartini, composer, dies   

Feb 05   Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (b. 1692) died in the year 1775.   

Feb 06   William Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721) died in the year 1775.   

Feb 15   Peter Dens, Flemish Catholic theologian (b. 1690) died in the year 1775.   

Jun 11   Egidio Romoaldo Duni, Italian composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.